AT&T isn’t waiting for daylight to start announcing new Android phones, they have busted out a handful, one of which is the Motorola Atrix 2. It looks like a decent refresh of the original Atrix, with a new body design, faster HSPA+ modem (it supports speeds up to 21Mbps), and ships with Android 2.3. We don’t have the full specs or parts list, so we don’t know if other internals have [Read More…]

It seems forever ago that BlueStacks was announced as coming soon but no — it’s finally here. In case you don’t remember, BlueStacks is for now, a Windows application that allows you to run Android apps directly on your computer and easily switch between say Windows and Android.

The BlueStacks Android Player was released in Alpha form last night and to go along with that came of course, the Android app syncer [Read More…]

Here she be, folks — the official Marvel Comics Android app! You can now get all of your favorite superheroes and villans — more than 1,400 issues in all, in the safety and comfort of your Android smartphone or tablet.

Your downloads are backed up on Marvel’s website, so switching devices won’t make you lose what you’ve purchased. There are free previews available as well. We’ve got your download links after the [Read More…]

Samsung has announced the availability of the 5-inch Galaxy Wi-Fi, a 5-inch personal media player based on its Galaxy S line of smartphones. It’s powered by a 1GHz single-core TI OMAP processor, and runs Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on top of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. No pricing information is included in the press release, but a cursory glance at Google Shopping shows prices of around £200 (~$ 310).

Minecraft fans have been jealous of Xperia Play owners for over a month now. Sony Ericsson’s gaming device has maintained exclusivity over this game since August. After some delays, Minecraft: Pocket Edition has finally made it out to the rest of the world.

This building game is now available in the Android market for all devices that meet the minimum specifications. There seems to be a bit of a problem, though, [Read More…]

As if the Samsung Galaxy S II wasn’t already beautiful enough, Bell has now released it in white as planned. As Jerry will tell you, he’s a sucker for white devices and I’m sure a lot of others out there are as well. If you’ve been holding off and waiting, you can now pick one up for $ 150 on a 3-year contract or $ 600 without any contract.

Microsoft has released its official Hotmail app for Android, available now (finally!) in the Android Market. For the Hotmail faithful, the native Android experience has been far from perfect, so an optimized app is welcome and overdue news. You’ll get push email, synced contacts and calendar, folder support, and even the ability to sync multiple Hotmail accounts.

LG has begun rolling out a new firmware version for the European Optimus 3D. The new update, which carries the version number V10K, is the first to become available with LG’s 3D Game Converter software. This allows just about any regular Android game to be played in glorious stereoscopic 3D, provided it uses OpenGL graphics.

LG’s in the process of compiling a list of officially-supported, 3D-convertible titles, however the [Read More…]

The wait is over if you’re an AT&T subscriber who’s been itching for the Samsung Galaxy S II. Considering it’s one of the best phones available for the death star nation’s number two network, I’ll wager that’s more than a few of you. If you need a refresher, your $ 199 (on a new contract, $ 549 outright) gets you a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED plus display, 1.2GHz Samsung Exynos processor [Read More…]

Vodafone UK has become the first British network to stock Sony Ericsson’s shiny new flagship phone, the Xperia Arc S. It’s currently available for free, on 24-month contracts of £31 or more per month, and at that price you’ll get a monthly allowance of 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of data. Right now it seems Vodafone only has the Arc S in “midnight black”, as opposed to the “pure white” [Read More…]